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Laim Patent No'. 77,820, me Mag 12, 186s.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONGERN:

Be it known that I, ENOS S. LANEY, of Waterloo, in the county of Seneca, and Statef- New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Fingers for Shuttle-Stop Motions for Looms; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved nger.

Figure 2a section of the same on the line a: x of fig. I.

Figure 3 shows, in red,r the application of the same to the lay oi' a loom.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate likeparts.- l

The nature of' my invention relates to improvements in fingers for shuttle-stop motions for looms, whereby the same are made less liable to get out of proper position on the oscillating-rod, which actuates the touch-oli` finger, by reason of the sudden shocks and strains to which they are exposed from the ac tion of the shuttle. i

It consists in constructing the said fingers in two parts, one provided with a. tubular socket in the end, and

the other part tted to the saidlsocket, and uniting the two by a strong torsion-spring, which will yield tothe sudden shocks and strains to which the finger is subject, and thereby render them less liable to slip around on the oscillating-rods towhich they are, attached, as will be more fully described on reference to the accompanying drawings. V i

A represents the main portion of my improved finger, which is secured to the rod a by a set-screw, ar

B represents the upper bent end of Vthe nger, which bears against the shuttle-binders. ,1

v'.lhe part Aie provided with a tubular socket in its upper end, and a lug on one side, which has a hole cast or bored through it vertically.

` A recess, C, is also provided in the upper end of the part A.

The lower end of 'the part B is fitted to the socket in the part A, so ns to oscillate freely therein, und is provided with a lng, d, which sets in the recess C of the upper end of the part A.

A strong torsion-spring, e, is wound loosely around the part B, having oneend fitted to the lug b of the part-A, and the other to the p art B, which constantly bears the parte, so `as to keep the lug d of the part B against the shouldersf of the rc'cessC in the part AI i'" Y In the application of my improved finger t'o" the stopemotions of looms, it is secured to the oscillating-rod a, which carries and actuates Vthe touchfofi` finger, and bears, with its upper end, against the shuttle-binder, by which it is-actuated.

I have found great diiiculty in preventing the fingers from slipping around oil-the said rods by the strain caused by the sudden shocks communicated to them through the shuttles entering the boxes, ori-when suddenly thrown out by the pickers. y

By the arrangement of my improved ingerin two parts, and connecting them by the springas shown, this. difficulty is very greatly obviated, as the spring will yield to thesetsudden strains, .but is of. sufficient 'strength to hold the two parts together with suicient rigidity to properly actuate thefrod a, and of' :sutliccnt exibility to momentarily yield to the inertia of the said rod a, thereby very greatly relieving the strain on the point, when the finger and rod are joined together. l I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The improved finger'herein described, when constructed substantiallyias and for the purpose specified, ENOS VS. LANEY. Witnesses: 'i

GEORGE' MARSDEN,

RICHARD EDWARDS. 

